Algeria – The court will sentence the head of the Independent Union of Electricity and Gas Workers Rauf Malal on November 7th, after the Attorney-General demanded in a session held by the court yesterday to sentence him for three-year in jail and a fine him 100 million centimes, on charges of illegally obtaining administrative documents.” The Arab Trade Union Confederation, denounced earlier in a statement, what Mallal was facing, calling for respect for the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of association, as well as respect for international conventions ratified by Algeria on the protection of workers representatives and trade unionists. including Convention No. 135, considering what happened with unionist Raouf Mellal is a clear violation of ILO Conventions 87 and 98. Mallal is facing trial after Sonelgaz filed a complaint against him for illegally obtaining classified documents. The documents confirm that Sonlegaz has manipulated the value of the bills and forced the citizens to pay extra for the bills. In the hearing session yesterday, the “Sonlegaz” defense demanded the Judge, to raise the value of financial compensation for the company, which was harmed these documents leaked by the head of the union affiliated to the General Union of Algerian Workers. “The company is threatened with bankruptcy.” Mallal confirms that he revealed the manipulations of Sonalgaz as they imposed illegal increases in the price of electricity to 8 million customers, and demanded the company to straighten this manipulations as a lawyer and an employee for the company, adding that he has since been subjected to a series of terrible harassment, including nine judicial cases, in addition to nine illegal practices, as Sonlgaz told him that he was dismissed as a lawyer from the lawyer organization, while the organization is the one that should have informed him, and he was also informed of the withdrawal of the accreditation of the union he heads, by Sonlgaz instead of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security. This clearly establishes the file at the expense of the right of workers to exercise their freedom of association, which requires the defense of their interests and the interests of the company in various ways in accordance with International Convention No. 87 and other things ratified by the Algerian government.” “the case was clearly politicized, as workers cannot exercise their freedom of association, which require the defense of their workers in various ways in accordance with International Convention No. 87 ratified by the Algerian government.
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